This past week was great. The members in the ward here continue to be awesome. We recieved 2 different calls from members telling us that they had someone that they wanted to introduce to us. The first was actually a less active member who had a friend who had some questions about the church so we went over for a dinner at the members house and were able to answer his questions and give him a book of mormon. The next member had bumped into an old classmate from highschool while she was registering at the university. They got to talking about the church and he agreed to come to church and to meet with us. Both were super big miracles that happened because the members were ready and willing to be missionaries when the opportunnity came.
Today for Pday another member took us to Rocamadour which is like the 4th most visited spot in France. It is this cool little town with a cool church and castle built into the side of a cliff. While we were there he took us to the other side of the town where there was this old retired artist guy that he knew of. He showed us around his garden which had some neat statues and art and stuff. Afterwards we got to talking with him and ended up sharing a quick message and giving him a book of mormon. the member that we were with was really touched to have been there to help us.
Work with our amis continues to progress. There is one ami who we have taught since i first got to brive. He is really nice and always comes to church and has connections with the members and everything. He has recieved all of the lessons but we just couldn't get him to commit to a baptismal date. He has had a bit of a hard time recognizing an answer an really wants to feel ready before his baptism. At our rdv this week we ended up talking about how to recieve answers to prayers and then how the spirit speaks to us and how we can recognize it. It went super well and touched him alot. It is probably the best lesson that i have had with him. At the end we set some goals and decided that we will reteach the lessons again and have him focus on the spirit this time and not just try to take in the info. I know this is what he needs and i am sure that he will be baptized soon.
On sunday while we were porting we walked up to a house and a lady got out of her car to come talk with us. It turns out that she was going to visit the old lady who lived in the house we were about to port. While we were talking to her she said "You guys should come to my neighborhood. We never see missionaries there and i'm sure you would have success." She was super nice and said that she was catholic but open to all religions and really respected what we do. After the short conversation she gave us her address so that we could come and visit her and her family in a week. That was litterally the first time that someone had came up to us and told us to port their neighborhood. Miracles are real! love ya,
Elder Swenson
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